SPORTS
Sport is all forms of usually
competitive physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills while providing
entertainment to participants, and in some cases, spectators. Hundreds of sports exist, from those requiring only two participants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in
teams or competing as individuals.
Sport is generally recognised as activities which are based in physical
athleticism or physical
dexterity, with the largest major competitions such as the
Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition, and other organisations such as the
Council of Europe using definitions precluding activities without a physical element from classification as sports. However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as
mind sports. The International Olympic Committee recognises both
chess and
bridge as
bona fide sports, and
SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports, although limits the amount of mind games which can be admitted as sports.
